Landing hazard detection with stereo vision and shadow analysis

Collection of Technical Papers - 2007 AIAA InfoTech at Aerospace Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 1284-1293

  Matthies, Larry ^a,b   Huertas, Andres ^a,c   Cheng, Yang ^a,c   Johnson, Andrew ^a,c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MS 198 235   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE SYSTEMS; NASA; PLANETARY LANDERS; STEREO VISION; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

LANDING HAZARD DETECTION; NEW MILLENNIUM PROGRAM (NMP); SHADOW ANALYSIS; SOLID-SURFACED BODIES; TERRAIN RELATIVE GUIDANCE SYSTEM (TRGS);

AIRCRAFT LANDING;

EID: 35649021779     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2007-2835     Document Type: Conference Paper

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